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Scenario

When creative partnerships reveal educational and cultural capital gaps

My writing partner and I are both working on books about our immigrant families, but they have an MFA and literary connections while I'm self-taught, and we're realizing how differently the publishing world receives us even when our stories are equally compelling.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural institutions perpetuate class hierarchies through credentialism that can divide even collaborative creative partnerships.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social mobility and identity shift?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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